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HENRY G.`A'FUHRMANN, OF BROOKLYN, D., NEWYORK.

Letters Patent No. 80,469, dated-Juges, 186s.

ADJUSTABLE FILTER Fon PAUcETs..

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TO, ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that'I, HENRY G. FUHRMANN, of Brooklyn,E. D., inthe countyoi Kings, and State-of New York, have invented a, new and improvedStraining-Attachment to Faucets; and I do hereby declaretbe following tob'e a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enablethose skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had4to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, inwhich drawing lFigure 1 represents a central section of this inventionwhen applied to a faucet.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. i

This invention consists in a straining-attachment, composed of anexpansible tube, one end of which is stretched over the --end of uconical spout containing the strainer, While its other end is ready tovbe stretched over the nozzle or mouth-piece of a common faucet in suchu manner that a cheap strainer is obtained, which can be readily andconveniently attached to faucets without regard to the size of themouth-piece.

A represents an elastic tube, of India. rubber or other suitable elasticmaterial. One end of this tube is stretched over the large end'of theconical spout B, in the interior of which-is the strainer C. The spout Bis made conical, so that the tube A will take a rm hold on its end, and,furthermore, the thin end of said spout can be readily introduced intobottles orother vessels.` Y i If the strainertis to be used, the lowerend of the tube A is stretched over the nozzle of the faucet from whichwater or other liquid is to be drawn, and by the strainer all impuritiescontained in the water or other liquidare retained. I i i v By'using theelastic tube A as the means forl connecting the spout B with'the nozzleof the faucet, I am enabled to attach said spout to faucets with nozzlesof various thicknesses, and the operation offconnecting auddisconnecting-my spout can be effected without trouble or loss of time.V l

My straining-attachment is very cheap, it is within reach of the poor aswell as the rich, and it can he readily used on all faucets from whichwater or other liquids are drawn.

Y Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as neiv, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A strainingattachment to faucets, consisting of an elastic tube A andconical spout B containing a strainer, C, as a new article ofmanufacture.

HENRY G. FUHRMANN.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

